Fragmentation of the Photographic Image in the Digital Age challenges orthodoxies of photographic theory and practice. Beyond understanding the image as a static representation of reality, it shows photography as a linchpin of dynamic developme...Lasīt vairāk

Over the last 30 years, the Chinese system of art museums has enjoyed an unprecedented pace of development. Following a general and ongoing renovation of Chinas entire system of national art institutions, there has been an impressive proliferation o...Lasīt vairāk

What makes an object queer? This collection considers the question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures and space. Written by established and up-and-coming authors, the sixty-three chapters range from an...Lasīt vairāk

Ronak K. Kapadia examines multimedia visual art by artists from societies besieged by the US War on Terror, showing how their art offers queer feminist critiques of US global warfare that forge new aesthetic and social alliances with which to sustain...Lasīt vairāk

In Insurgent Aesthetics Ronak K. Kapadia theorizes the world-making power of contemporary art responses to US militarism in the Greater Middle East. He traces how new forms of remote killing, torture, confinement, and surveillance have created...Lasīt vairāk

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. An essential collection of texts reflecting on the cultural and political complexities of translation in global contemporary artistic practices....Lasīt vairāk

This book focuses on the comparatively unknown cults of new saints in late-mediaeval Venice. These new saints were near-contemporary citizens who were venerated by their compatriots without official sanction from the papacy. In doing so, the book...Lasīt vairāk

A collection of studies at the cutting edge of art conservation and the scientific examination of paintings A collection of studies at the cutting edge of art conservation and the scientific examination of paintings...Lasīt vairāk

An invitation to the colorful, dynamic world of the Nabis, a circle of Post-Impressionist avant-garde artists whose members, including Bonnard and Vuillard, celebrated both everyday life and the decorative arts.Inspired by Paul Gauguin...Lasīt vairāk

A joyful celebration of the vibrant dog community in and around San Francisco, Canines of San Francisco collects close to 500 engaging photos taken by acclaimed Bay Area photographer Mark Rogers throughout every neighborhood in this passionate...Lasīt vairāk

Giles Knox examines how El Greco, Vel zquez, and Rembrandt, though a disparate group of artists, were connected by a new self-consciousness with respect to artistic tradition. In particular, Knox considers the relationship of these artists to t...Lasīt vairāk

What can art tell us about a postcapitalist future? Artistic labour was exemplary for Utopian Socialist theories of attractive labour, and Marxist theories of nonalienated labour, but the rise of the anti-work movement an...Lasīt vairāk